Link: http://www.ceasar-boston.org/Description: Children's Hospital, Boston. Established 1999 by director John Knight, CeASAR conducts studies on methods of screening adolescent patients for substance abuse as well as brief office-based therapeutic interventions. Knight is the developer of the CRAFFT screening instrument. Subjects: AdolescentsCategories: ATOD Research Centers - U.S.

Link: http://www.thecoolspot.govDescription: Created by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for kids 11-13 years old. The content of The Cool Spot is based on a curriculum for grades 6-8 developed to give young teens a clearer picture about alcohol use among their peers. The site features facts about alcohol, information about risks of underage drinking and peer pressure, and resources for those with alcohol problems. Subjects: Underage drinking | AdolescentsCategories: Information Resources

Link: http://askhys.netDescription: The Healthy Youth Survey (HYS) is a collaborative effort of several government offices in Washington state. HYS provides important information about adolescents in Washington. County prevention coordinators, community mobilization coalitions, community public health and safety networks, and others use this information to guide policy and programs that serve youth. The data sets will be available for use by researchers and others.
Subjects: AdolescentsCategories: Washington State

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ImpacTeen

Link: http://www.impacteen.org/Description: ImpacTeen is an interdisciplinary partnership of nationally recognized health experts with specialties in such areas as economics, etiology, epidemiology, law, political science, public policy, psychology, and sociology. The project, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior, focuses on economic, environmental, and policy influences on youth substance use, obesity and physical activity. Subjects: Adolescents | Risk and protective factorsCategories: Organizations and Advocacy

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Institute for Social Research (ISR)

Link: http://www.isr.umich.eduDescription: University of Michigan. One of the largest and oldest academic survey and social research organizations in the world. The ISR is dedicated to social science in the public interest. Is the home of the "Monitoring the Future Survey," also known as the "High School Senior Survey." Subjects: AdolescentsCategories: ATOD Research Centers - U.S.

Link: http://www.irefrea.org/Description: (Institut de Recherché European sur les Facteurs de Risque chez l'Entfant et l'Adolescent). Founded in 1988 in Lyon, France, IREFREA is a European research network with 7 permanent offices, and research partners located in 13 European countries. The main activities are research, primary applied prevention, intervention programmes, theoretical and scientific study of risk factors and training workshops. It's members are interested in the promotion and research of prevention of drug and other child and adolescent problems. Subjects: Risk and protective factors | Adolescents | ChildrenCategories: ATOD Research Centers - International

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Mentor

Link: http://mentoring.org/Description: For over two decades, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has been working to expand the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child can discover how to unlock and achieve his or her potential. MENTOR is widely acknowledged as the nation's premier advocate and resource for the expansion of mentoring initiatives nationwide. As such, MENTOR works with a strong network of state and local Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide the support and tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities. Subjects: AdolescentsCategories: Organizations and Advocacy

Link: http://www.iir.com/nygc/Description: The purpose of the NYGC, a project of the Institute for Intergovernmental Research and supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), is to assist policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in their efforts to reduce youth gang involvement and crime by contributing information, resources, practical tools, and expertise towards the development and implementation of effective gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies.
Subjects: Gangs | Juvenile delinquency | AdolescentsCategories: Organizations and Advocacy

Link: http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/Description: Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, this model reinvents the way police, courts, detention facilities, treatment providers, and the community work together to meet the needs of young people in trouble with drugs, alcohol and crime. Subjects: Adolescents | Juvenile delinquencyCategories: Organizations and Advocacy

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SAMA Foundation (Science And Management of Addiction)

Link: http://www.samafoundation.orgDescription: SAMA is a privately funded non-profit organization based in Seattle with the goal of improving the management as well as the science of substance addiction. A key SAMA's service is the Family Navigator to assist parents as they navigate the treatment system and advocate for their son or daughter's care number: 1-888-922-7262. SAMA was founded in 2006 by Robert W. Day and Cynthia “CJ” Taylor. Subjects: AdolescentsCategories: Washington State | Organizations and Advocacy

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Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) : LGBTQ Youth Issues

Link: http://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/HealthBehaviors/HealthyYouthSurvey.aspx
Description: The HYS presents state and county data about adolescents in Washington state regarding safety and violence, physical activity and diet, alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, and related risk and protective factors. Data can be used to identify trends in the patterns of behavior over time and to compare Washington to other states and to the nation. Survey data is available for grades 6, 8, 10, and 12, for the years 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008, 2010.
Information is also available at
http://askhys.net Subjects: AdolescentsCategories: Washington State

Link: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/Description: The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. The YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state, territorial, tribal, and district surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments. Topics covered include HIV, alcohol and drug use, tobacco use, obesity and asthma. Subjects: Adolescents | College students | Young adultsCategories: Government Agencies - U.S. | Statistical Resource